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Saved by Grace

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  • Grace is one of the most abused topics by religious people today.

  • Romans 11:5-6

  • Ephesians 2:8-9

  • Acts 10:34-35

  • James 2:24

  • Saved:

    • Not by works

      • Excluded:

        • Sinlessness (I John 1:8-10)

        • Devising one’s own plan

        • Any man’s plan

        • By works
          • Included:
            • Faith that responds in works of obedience. Galatians 5:6

              • God’s offer

              Boastful work

              Man’s faith

              Man’s obedience

              Joshua 6

              ❌

              ❌

              ✔

              II Kings 5

              ❌

              ❌

              ✔

              John 9

              ❌

              ❌

              ✔

              Mark 16:16

              ❌

              ❌

              ✔

              I John 1:7

              ❌

              ❌

              ✔

              • Was the blessing each received by the grace of God? Certainly so!
              • Did they receive the blessing while rejecting God’s plan? Certainly not!
              • Did they receive the blessing at the point of faith? Certainly not!
              • Did they receive the blessing when they, through faith, worked the works that God commanded? Certainly so!
              • Did this working obedience to God’s commands invalidate God’s grace or allow them to boast that they had merited the blessing? Certainly not.
              • After working all that God told them to do, was the blessing still received by God’s grace? Certainly so!
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